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BAJS Conference 2018: Student Poster Session
The BAJS conference committee would like to invite submissions for a Student Poster Session during our annual conference organised at the University of Sheffield, UK, 5-7 September 2018. The session will be open for students at all levels of study and is a great opportunity to showcase student research across the UK.
Categorised under: Events and BAJS Conference 2018
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BAJS Conference 2018: Crisis? What Crisis? Continuity, and Change in Japan
The School of East Asian Studies will be hosting the 2018 British Association for Japanese Studies Conference in Sheffield 5th- 7th September 2018.
Categorised under: Events and BAJS Conference 2018
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SEAS Student awarded Daiwa Scholarship in Japanese Studies for 2018
The School of East Asian Studies are pleased to announce that MA Contemporary Japan student, Dorothy Finan is one of this year’s winners of the Daiwa Scholarship in Japanese Studies for 2018.
Categorised under: School News, Awards and Recognition and Students
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Senate Award for Leadership in Learning and Teaching
Congratulations to Head of School, Professor Hugo Dobson, who has been awarded the Senate Award for Leadership in Learning and Teaching for his role as Director of Global Learning Opportunities for Social Sciences (GLOSS)
Categorised under: School News and Awards and Recognition
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Advising the Government on China
Professor Katherine Morton appointed Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee's inquiry into China and the Rules-Based International System.
Categorised under: School News and Power, Cooperation and Compitition in East Asia
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How to help foreign talent work in Japan Inc.
Dr Harald Conrad's research into foreign graduate employment prospects in Japanese companies is featured in the Nikkei Asian Review.
The research was conducted with colleague Hendrik Meyer-Ohle of the National University of Singapore.
Categorised under: East Asian Business and School News
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Japan Now North
Wednesday 21st February - Saturday 3rd March 2018
Japan Now North is a week of activities celebrating art, culture, literature and film in Sheffield, home of one of Europe’s leading academic centres for research and teaching on Japan. Events take place across the city, including talks with renowned filmmaker and photographer Mika Ninagawa, writer Tomoyuki Hoshino and an exhibition and workshop with Japan-based photographer and visual artist Suzanne Mooney. We will also welcome documentary filmmakers Megumi Sasaki and the Peabody award-winning Kyoko Miyake, and host the UK premiere of Sasaki’s documentary A Whale of a Tale.
Categorised under: School News, Events and East Asian Text and Culture
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The Social Mediascape of Transnational Korean Popular Culture
By Dal Yong Jin, Professor in the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University
31st January 2018, Lecture Theatre 6, The Diamond, 5pm- 6.15 pm (followed by drinks reception)
Categorised under: Events and East Asian Text and Culture
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Japan nods to North Korea with its ‘Chinese character of the year’
Every December, Japan chooses a “Chinese character of the year” to summarise the dominant stories of the last 12 months. This year’s winner, chosen from the thousands of characters that make up the core of the Japanese writing system, is 北, or “north”. North Korea’s nuclear machinations, it seems, are at the top of Japanese minds.
Categorised under: East Asian Text and Culture
This article is located in a different section of the University of Sheffield website.
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Foreign Graduate Employment in Japanese Companies – Implications for Japanese Studies Teaching & Research
Last month Dr Harald Conrad organised and presented at a 2-day conference in London to discuss Japanese company hiring practices and foreign graduate employability. the conference was covered by a number of news outlets.
Categorised under: School News and Movement(s), Economy and Development in East Asia
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Exploring Japanese Science Fiction Cinema
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences Dr Kate Taylor-Jones from SEAS and her colleague Dr Amy Chambers from Newcastle University and leading an interactive talk exploring the history of Japanese science fiction with short film clips and discussion
Categorised under: Events and East Asian Text and Culture
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My experience as a student policy analysts at the G20 in Hamburg
Earlier this year BA Chinese Studies student George Ashley took part in the GLOSS Global Leadership Initiative and travelled to Hamburg, Germany to cover the 2017 G20 Summit. He reflects on his experience here.
Categorised under: School News, Global Summits and Students
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Congratulations to PhD student Audrey Dugué-Nevers on her Associate Higher Education Fellowship
Audrey achieved her Fellowship through the Learning and Teaching Professional Recognition Scheme which was created to ensure all members of our University who teach or support learning have the opportunity to develop their practice and be recognised for this work whatever their role: academic, support or professional services staff.
Categorised under: School News, Awards and Recognition and Students
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Dr Peter Matanle is interviewed by E-international Relations
In his interview, Dr Matanle discusses his research on regional development, population and environment in the Asia-Pacific with a focus on the work he presented at the COP21 United Nations Climate Change Conference
Categorised under: School News and Movement(s), Economy and Development in East Asia
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Dedicated Outstanding Thesis Mentor
Dr Mark Pendelton has been recognised as a Dedicated Outstanding Thesis Mentor for the third successive cycle.
Categorised under: School News and Awards and Recognition